{"podcast":{"title":"What the Health? From KFF Health News","slug":"what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413","podcast_index_feed_id":628413,"rss_url":"https://whatthehealth.feeds.wamu.org","website_url":"https://kffhealthnews.org/what-the-health/","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/14448/images/22fc5dba-0795-4053-9bbc-8fb9eb6623c5/WTH-3000sq_2025.jpg","author":"KFF Health News (News-Web@kff.org)","episode_count":460,"summary":"Join Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, along with top health policy reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico and other media outlets to discuss the latest news and explain what the health is going on here in Washington, D.C.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T06:17:05.825639+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413"},"episode":{"title":"Democrats Keep Healthcare at Fore","slug":"democrats-keep-healthcare-at-fore","published_at":"2026-06-18T18:35:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413/democrats-keep-healthcare-at-fore","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_14448_75e954f7-15b5-447e-aa19-dad43fc5e73a&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fwhatthehealth.feeds.wamu.org","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/14448/75e954f7-15b5-447e-aa19-dad43fc5e73a/Ep_451_01.mp3","summary":"Senate Democrats hope to highlight rising healthcare prices by forcing a vote on the Trump administration’s changes to the Affordable Care Act before the midterm elections. Meanwhile, Alabama is the latest state to try to cut off residents’ access to medication abortion via telehealth. Lauren Weber of The Washington Post, Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York Times, and Anna Edney of Bloomberg News join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute and Liz Fowler of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to discuss the idea of ending the employer health insurance tax exclusion. Visit our website for a transcript of this episode. Plus, for “extra credit” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too: Julie Rovner: KFF Health News’ “ Trump Bought Tobacco Stocks and Raked In Industry Donations as FDA Eased Standards ,” by Darius Tahir. Sheryl Gay Stolberg: KFF Health News’ “ Tennessee Pharmacies Sell Potent Ivermectin, Led by Anti-Vaccine Doctor Who’s Taken ‘Bucketloads,’ ” by Brett Kelman and Rachana Pradhan. Anna Edney: Politico Magazine’s “ Inside Trump’s Reversal on HIV ,” by Alice Miranda Ollstein and Megan Messerly. Lauren Weber: The Atlantic’s “ AI Is Taking Over Hospitals ,” by Benjamin Mazer.","meta_description":"Senate Democrats hope to highlight rising healthcare prices by forcing a vote on the Trump administration’s changes to the Affordable Care Act before the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2959,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413/episodes/democrats-keep-healthcare-at-fore/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-the-health-from-kff-health-news-628413/democrats-keep-healthcare-at-fore.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}